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Jul 28, 2005 17:10:16 GMT
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This is so wrong.....BenzBoy
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Jul 28, 2005 17:14:02 GMT
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What? No bids?! But it's gorgeous..... I appreciate the amount of work that's gone into it though! Just a shame the builder had a "style bypass"  |
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Jul 28, 2005 17:15:29 GMT
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It is a solid steel hand crafted work of art. No, it is a truly vile aberration and whoever designed it needs a slap. |
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shellysowner
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Jul 28, 2005 17:21:16 GMT
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Ah yes, I think that top one used to belong to Kelly... Kelly... well I can't remember her surname, but it was built by Tracy Chantry (of '37 roadster fame). It's been round the rod and custom circuit a fair bit. Basically Kelly had no money but was into Kustoms so took her mini to various shows, I don't know whether the car evolved or just got built but I remember it spawned letter after letter in CC and various editorials etc. going on about non-classic, fwd and even non-pre '49 cars being allowed into shows which makes her a bit of a hero to some people... however ugly her car is.
... oh and also do you realise how difficult it is to do all that without fibreglass?
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Jul 28, 2005 17:23:34 GMT
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looks like he stole the front from Lady Ps FAB1  |
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Jul 28, 2005 17:33:04 GMT
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looks like a hideous mutated love child between a mini and a trabant
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Jul 28, 2005 17:35:54 GMT
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tosser!!!
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shellysowner
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Jul 28, 2005 17:40:16 GMT
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What a nice... friendly forum this is! |
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Jul 28, 2005 17:46:02 GMT
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hehe, i think it was deserved though ;D
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Jul 28, 2005 17:55:10 GMT
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"P.S. Have a look at my beetle that is currently up for auction...WOW !!!!"  this person just cant stop selling tat |
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Jul 28, 2005 17:58:30 GMT
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(i quite like that, sorry)
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Jul 28, 2005 18:06:57 GMT
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I admire the skills of the person who built it, what with that being all steel and all, but it really is bloody ugly!  And here I was thinking only Trabants get bodywork mods that really really really don't suit them!  ;D ;D |
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Jul 28, 2005 21:41:50 GMT
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(i quite like that, sorry) tosser !!! (had to be done - its usually quite friendly here innit, maybe its the stella) |
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This is so wrong.....BenzBoy
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Jul 28, 2005 23:10:02 GMT
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... oh and also do you realise how difficult it is to do all that without fibreglass? Yep, phenomenal work. Just frickin' ugly! But hey, that's the whole idea of custom cars - you build something that you like, not necessarily what others like. I like that bug btw.  |
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Jul 28, 2005 23:11:49 GMT
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I'd just like to re-iterate that that mini is fugging HIDEOUS.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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Jul 28, 2005 23:13:54 GMT
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I like `em both, but then, I appreciate true custom cars as opposed to bolt on plastic, on shopping trollies with roof racks ;D
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Last Edit: Jul 28, 2005 23:14:44 GMT by freeeekin
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Jul 28, 2005 23:13:55 GMT
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Ummmmmm, whatever you say!
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shellysowner
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Jul 28, 2005 23:24:16 GMT
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You're all looking at this from the wrong perspective. This car was built by a man who's rated among the best 'tinsmiths' in this country. Why did he build it like that? 1/ It's different, it shocks people (point proved by this big long thread). 2/ It had to be a wild kustom and it had to be that mini - can anyone come up with a better wild kustom mini (bodymods-wise) design? 3/ But the main reason, the reason that you're all missing (and without wishing to be sexist in the slightest) HE BUILT IT FOR A GIRL and he built it to her spec. Most girls have very strange taste in cars in my experience... and the result was the above mini. *ducks from barrage of flying objects thrown by females around the world* The beetles a bit of an aquired taste too - I've always hated cycle-fenders so not my cup of tea  |
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Jul 28, 2005 23:38:38 GMT
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I'm not knocking the workmanship, looks top class. My point is that someone has invested no doubt thousands of pounds to pay for hundreds of hours of labour, using skills perfected over years and years, to build something that looks like a cross between a fugging metallic blue training shoe, and a bathroom sink.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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Bracey
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Jul 28, 2005 23:42:26 GMT
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Sorry, I'm not trying to be controversial here, but I like the Mini. Purely on the grounds that I've taken my Mini to 1001 mini shows and all the cars there look like...well, mini's. No great surprise there, but its good to see someone deviate from the usual course off mini-modding which is to stick a couple of spot lights on the grille, stripes up the bonnet and bits of chrome here and there (like I've done!). In my opinion its very cool because its unique (and looks a bit like a 60's Skyline in your rear-view mirror!) edit: Ok, it might look a bit like a Skyline if you squint, in the dark.....and its a bit foggy...   or a Singer Vogue perhaps?  No? It must be me and the Carlsberg. |
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Last Edit: Jul 29, 2005 0:04:03 GMT by Bracey
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